Detroit Tigers vs Kansas City Athletics
July 9, 1959 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 9, 1959 at Municipal Stadium. The Kansas City Athletics defeated the Detroit Tigers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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Detroit Tigers 0, Kansas City Athletics 4

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Yost 3b 4 0 1 0
Kuenn rf 4 0 1 0
Maxwell lf 3 0 0 0
Kaline cf 3 0 1 0
Berberet c 4 0 0 0
Zernial 1b 3 0 0 0
  Osborne 1b 0 0 0 0
Bridges ss 3 0 1 0
Lepcio 2b 3 0 1 0
Narleski p 2 0 0 0
  Harris ph 1 0 0 0
  Burnside p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 0 5 0
Kansas City Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Tuttle cf 4 1 1 1
Lumpe 2b 3 1 1 0
Hadley 1b 4 0 1 0
Maris rf 2 1 1 1
Cerv lf 3 1 1 2
House c 3 0 0 0
Smith 3b 3 0 0 0
DeMaestri ss 3 0 0 0
Kucks p 3 0 0 0
Totals 28 4 5 4
Detroit 000 000 000051
Kansas City 100 003 00x450
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Narleski  L (4-9) 7.0 4 4 4 1 5
  Burnside   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
5
4
4
1
6
  Kansas City Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Kucks  W (3-4) 9.0 5 0 0 2 3
Totals
9.0
5
0
0
2
3

  E–Zernial (3).  DP–Kansas City 2. DeMaestri-Hadley, Smith-Lumpe-Hadley.  2B–Detroit Kaline (13,off Kucks).  HR–Kansas City Tuttle (4,6th inning off Narleski 0 on 0 out); Cerv (11,6th inning off Narleski 1 on 2 out).  Team LOB–5.  SF–Maris (2,off Narleski).  Team–2.  SB–Lepcio (1,2nd base off Kucks/House).  CS–Lumpe (2,2nd base by Burnside/Berberet).  U-HP–Frank Umont, 1B–Charlie Berry, 2B–Jim Honochick, 3B–Red Flaherty.  T–1:51.  A–15,187.
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